California state treasury, Sacramento: Mosler Magna?

Doug MacQueen

Here is a factory brochure picture.

David Hovey

Doug MacQueen wrote
Here is a factory brochure picture.

That’s the same image Diebold used in their Wedgelock service manual.

Not many images of this door around.

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David Hovey

For those of you that like to study patents. The Wedgelock I service has a patent # 3139046

This is the wedge design I’m familiar with. The opening door edge is flat and smooth and the hinge side has interlocking splines.

David Hovey

wylk wrote
I think the Diebold name is actually Rotary Wedge and/or Rotary Wedge-lock. Here is a surprisingly crude drawing from a Diebold brochure (http://www2.diebold.com/ficcdsvdoc/TechPubs/books/TP-799554-001/TP-799554-001_fram.htm). Note in this case the locking bar is part of the door, not the frame as in the Mosler Magna. Also notice the shape of the door on the hinge side as well as the frame, they both have a “zig-zag” that overlap when closed, eliminating the need for any locking mechanism on that side. This is a vertical view, looking down (or up!).

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Here is a little better drawing from the Diebold Rotary Wedgelock service manual.

This should clear up the differences between the two Wedgelock doors.

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wylk

David Hovey wrote
For those of you that like to study patents. The Wedgelock I service has a patent # 3139046

Another Wedgelock-related patent is US 3029753.

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Mitch

I worked that door for about a decade, and got pretty comfortable with its operation.
The door is a Diebold Wedge lock, and was installed prior to my coming on board with Diebold in 85. It was lowered down through the top of the , what is now the fountain in the middle of the traffic circle on the ground level.
There are actually 2 vault doors down there, one is the emergency wedge lock, a 24×24″ which can be used if the main door is locked out.
I’ve had to replace the main wedge’s ball bearing and tracks, motors and re-wired the rotary airlock drums after they malfunctioned.
Massive 24 ton door, hydraulically operated, a real sweet piece of vault art you just dont see any more.

Mitch

wylk wrote
The following image shows up on the web site of the California State Treasurer’s web site (http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/ and wait for it to cycle into view).

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I’m not sure what to make of this. It almost looks fictional, certainly a grand departure from anything else. It looks like a Mosler Magna in that the controls are on the door frame. There seem to be no locking bolts on the hinge side but perhaps the ridges interlock. It’s hard to be sure, but the frame may contain the locking mechanism on the right side along with the controls. I expect the door is hydraulically opened and closed, and that’s its keyswitch is between the two dials.

Mosler Magnas seem to be a rare commodity. If this is one, it’s the first I’ve seen.

Any comments from the experts?

Thats the emergency vault door, the main door is to the left about 10′. Its a Diebold Wedgelock. I maintained that door, and its bigger brother for about a decade 1990-2000. Lotta stories.

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